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Opening of the Amida Hawai'i - Pureland Buddhist Dharma Center!

Aloha all!

We are proud to announce that the Amida Hawai'i sangha has recently opened up the Amida Hawai'i - Pureland Buddhist Dharma Center in the town of Waimea on the Big Island! We have the space split into two halves - practice hall and study center. We conduct our weekly Wednesday evening sangha nembutsu practices there from 6:30 - 8:00pm. It has been a labor of love...with special thanks to Steve Berkoff and his family for their hard work! Sangha members have generously made donations of meditation chairs, rugs, desks, couch, book shelves, clock, dharma related books, book shelves, shoji screen, paint, door knobs, plants, pillows, Buddha rupas, pictures, etc! Our altar/butsudan centerpiece was given to us by a local Shin Buddhist Japanese family - who no longer has practitioners among its family members. We hope to have an official grand opening and blessing when Dharmavidya and Prasada visit us on their next trip to Hawai'i in February 2010. Namo Amida Bu!

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Permalink Reply by Dharmavidya on August 16, 2009 at 11:02am: Congratulation! Namo Amida Bu. This is a most auspicious event. Well done. We are looking forward to our visit to you very much. Love and blessings. Dharmavidya; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Katrien Sercu on August 16, 2009 at 12:39pm: What an enthusiastic message Franco! And what an inspiring way to get all contents and things that are needed for the Pureland Buddhist Dharma Center. I'm glad for you all in Hawaï, for all Amida-buddhists in the world and for all people in the world: a concrete new place on the earth where the grace of Amida is welcome. I feel the joy for the official opening in february with Dharmavidya and Prasada. Congratulations and thank you all for realizing this and the inspiration that it gives. I hope once we can send such a message from Belgium. Namo Amida Bu; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rick Davis on August 16, 2009 at 2:23pm: WOW it looks really nice guys........Namo Amida Bu.....what a beautiful transformation of a beautiful space shared by a group of amazing people.....miss you a lot....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Moshe Mandelman on August 16, 2009 at 6:24pm: Aloha Rick,

So good to hear from you again and so wonderful to have had you with us here. We miss your sun filled joyous presence. Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness in offering us all the lovely furniture. It looks and feels really good in there. Namo Amida Bu. Moshe; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve Berkoff on August 16, 2009 at 10:15pm: Thank you Rick for your contributions. The furniture really helped!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Modgala Duguid on August 16, 2009 at 5:48pm: Wonderful - congratulations. Namo amida bu Modgala; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by caroline brazier on August 16, 2009 at 6:07pm: It looks wonderful. Can't wait to see it! Love to all - Namo Amida Bu Prasada; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Niko Burkhardt on September 17, 2009 at 11:03pm: WOW!!! This is so great! I wish I was still there to enjoy it.

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Permalink Reply by Dawn Hart on October 1, 2009 at 11:17am: Congratulations everyone. It looks amazing. You have all worked so hard.
I wish you all every success with the centre. Namo Amida Bu.
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